Case study
3D Pinball – Space Cadet: a PlayStation 2 port
This ports the Space Cadet pinball decompilation to the PlayStation 2. It is built with the PS2SDK. Game data from 3D Pinball Space Cadet or the Full Tilt! Pinball Cadet table goes in mass:/APPS/3DPINBALL on USB storage. The README says the Full Tilt table works on PCSX2 and not on real hardware.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C1 partial scope or analysis entry
- Stars
- 36
- Last commit
- 2024-08-28
- Language
- C++
- License (GitHub)
- MIT
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence

- Observed
- Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
- Scope
- Partial
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- The PS2SDK. The README names no license.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{space-cadet-ps2,
title = {{3D Pinball – Space Cadet: a PlayStation 2 port}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/headshot2017/3dpinball-ps2}},
url = {https://github.com/headshot2017/3dpinball-ps2},
urldate = {2026-11-07},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/space-cadet-ps2/}}
}Plain text
3D Pinball – Space Cadet: a PlayStation 2 port. https://github.com/headshot2017/3dpinball-ps2 (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/space-cadet-ps2/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · headshot2017/3dpinball-ps2 · Revision 4ebf89b
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